dub3 card · www.gov.uk
gov.uk (2012)
Ask it anything. Politely.
- Cost
- 3 RAM
- Power
- 6
- Rarity
- Common
- Family
- Search
- Era
- Modern (2009 on)
- Collection
- The Long Tail
What it does
On reveal: Draw 1 card.
On reveal happens once, when the card flips.
It costs 3 RAM to play and brings 6 Power to its lane. You get 1 RAM in round 1, 2 in round 2, and so on.
Search cards grow with the friends in their lane, and some draw you cards.
The site, in 2012
The UK government's single website for services and information, run by the Government Digital Service.
It launched as a beta on 31 January 2012 and replaced Directgov and the online services of Business Link in October. Its lettering is a modified Transport, the road-sign typeface. By 2023 it was the second most used government website in the world.
Modern era, 2009 on. Phones, feeds and cookie banners. The web got fast, flat and very sure about notifications.
The Long Tail: The niche, the local and the specialist. Most of the web, really.
Pixel tribute by dub3, after the 2012 page.
Put it on your site
Run gov.uk, or just remember it fondly? Here's its button, 88 by 31 like it's 1999. Paste this into your page:
In the game, this pixel page loads the way it did in 2012, then plays a short scene. Want gov.uk in your deck? Make a free account and open some packs, or try a match first. No sign-up needed for that.
